Brian Fisher
Pediatric Infectious Diseases · Philadelphia, PANPI 1730347584
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $16,853 of the $17,935 with a category attached, or 94.0%. Every reported general payment came from a single manufacturer, Astellas Pharma Global Development. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $7,560 and has fallen 75.0% since, to $1,890 in 2023. Among pediatric infectious diseases clinicians in PA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 7 payments — averaging $2562.11 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Astellas Pharma Global Development$18K
Across 24 payments — averaging $165,754 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Merck$3.4M
- Pfizer$561K
- Astellas Pharma Global Development$2K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$16,85394%
- Travel & lodging$9996%
- Food & beverage$830%
General payments by program year
Who reported the general payments
Companies are grouped under their corporate parent — a single manufacturer often files under several CMS reporting entities. Research and ownership payments are counted separately and are not in this table.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Astellas Pharma Global Development | 7 | $17,935 |
What the payments were tied to
Products named in the reported payments. Only payments of $100 or more are attributed here — the typical reported payment nationally is a meal worth about $16, and listing those product-by-product would be noise.
- CRESEMBA$17,851
How this compares
$17,935 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 30 pediatric infectious diseases providers in Pennsylvania.
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Other pediatric infectious diseases in Philadelphia
- Michael SilvermanPhiladelphia$21K
- Susan CoffinPhiladelphia$17K
- Paul PlanetPhiladelphia$2K
- Joseph St GemePhiladelphia$2K
- Theoklis ZaoutisPhiladelphia$2K
- Allan ArbeterPhiladelphia$2K
- Emily SouderPhiladelphia$178
- Janet ChenPhiladelphia$176
- Jeffrey GerberPhiladelphia$166
- Jill FosterPhiladelphia$160
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.